BEFORE: This is another series that I started up last October, but I didn't have the sequel films at the time - I bought them in the interim from the $5 DVD store. I could have watched these during my superhero chain, since Blade is a Marvel Comics character, but I decided to wait and count them as vampire films instead.
THE PLOT: Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reaper vampires who feed on vampires.
AFTER: Now, see, this movie illustrates very clearly the point I made about "Underworld". Blade is half-human, half-vampire. We, the audience can identify with him because of who he used to be - he's our entry point into the world of vampirism.
The movie follows up directly from the first film, as Blade has to track down his kidnapped mentor, Whistler - and then things get more interesting when he's contacted by the Vampire Council, who propose a team-up with the "Blood Pack" to take down a new type of vampire - one that only preys on other vampires. It's a meta-vampire! And it turns regular vampires into other meta-vampires! And they're resistant to the usual garlic, silver and holy water - so the majority of Blade's typical weapons are useless.
If there's any form of monster with more arcane "rules" than werewolves, it's got to be vampires. The meta-vampires seen here are game-changers, creepy freaks that even regular vamps are afraid of. It's nice to see something new brought to the table here - even if it results in more martial-arts fighting than one would normally expect in a vampire film.
Starring Wesley Snipes (last seen in "Passenger 57"), Kris Kristofferson (last seen in "Fast Food Nation"), Ron Perlman (last seen in "Alien: Resurrection") and Norman Reedus (last seen in "American Gangster"). Oh, and Tony Curran carries over from "Underworld: Evolution".
RATING: 7 out of 10 phosphorus bombs
SPOOK-O-METER: 8 out of 10. Those Reaper Vampires are seriously nasty.
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